All Blog Posts Tagged 'blogging' (13)

Daughter Am I Blog Tour -- Final Week!

My Daughter Am I blog tour is winding down -- I have seven days to go (eight if you include today) and I don't know whether to be sad or to rejoice. Since my promotion motto is "Promotion is just another word for party," I decided to rejoice and have an end of blog tour party on the 22nd and 23rd. You are all invited, of course. The most interesting aspect of the tour has been coming up with unique guest pos… Continue

Added by Pat Bertram on November 15, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Greetings fellow writers

Just wanted to let those interested know that while I will be on the site for discussions and what have you, I most likely will only rarely update this blog. I have a blog via wordpress (http://thewriter.wordpress.com) which I now utilize exclusively for all my blogging. So, please check it out if you want to read any musings or what have you. Thanks! Continue

Added by Shannon Chenoweth on August 3, 2009 at 12:50pm — No Comments

New Project

Now that I tweet on Twitter and put updates on Facebook, I'm not nearly as good about blogging... (my publicist has found the coolest application that allows me to do all those sites through one place...) But I've started a project that's worthy of a blog... Karen Althage, a breast cancer survivor, approached me about writing her story. She's amazing, and she's given me the motivation to write about something important, and something that ALL of us need to support. After several months of inter… Continue

Added by Barri L. Bumgarner on June 25, 2009 at 11:58am — No Comments

The Professional Blogger

I met someone this weekend that I didn't even know existed: a professional blogger. I may say more about her in future entries, but she was very interesting to talk to. She studies what subjects people will find you to read about, which is of course the way to build readership and therefore interest in whatever you're presenting, in my case, books. She suggested cats. I know, I know. It sounds, if I may, fluffy. Still, people love pets, so if you talk about yours, they tend to read what you wri… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on June 15, 2009 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Trends in Marketing

It's entertaining to watch trends in any aspect of life, I suppose, and being a writer, I observe various fads and fancies in the writing business in order to decide what works for me and what doesn't. There is the rush to do book trailers, for example, and of course, blog tours. Lately, it seems that interviewing the characters in your books as if they were real is the hot thing to do. If I had to be totally honest (and I try to be here), I think they all sound like fun. Certainly I could put… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on May 12, 2009 at 10:34pm — No Comments

Thick Skin and Rock-hard Confidence: Survival Tips from a Teflon Novelist - by Darden North, M.D.

This article appears in the Author Exchange Blog hosted by Linda M. Faulkner - March 17, 2009 Author Exchange Blog:Reviews with published authors, along with their articles, advice, and writing tips... Thick Skin and Rock-hard Confidence: Survival Tips from a Teflon Novelist - by Darden North, M.D. When I first decided to write a novel, my children were pre-teens and John Grisham was cornering… Continue

Added by Darden North, MD on March 18, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Is Blogging a Waste of Time?

Is Blogging a Waste of Time? I’ve been asked that question three times in the last week. Individuals have to make up their own minds. But until now I haven't blogged. Overnight, Blogs initiate discussion, interviews or even reviews and Google Alert do pick up blog references. But if you already have an author/illustrator website as your shop-front window for publicising your books and talks, is blogging a waste of time for a writer? Or are you altruistically acting as a hub for others? · T… Continue

Added by Hazel Edwards on March 15, 2009 at 7:54am — 9 Comments

March Blog Tour

Do author blog tours work, or are they a big waste of time and energy? Follow my experiment at http://tinyurl.com/cdcc7q Continue

Added by JA Konrath on March 13, 2009 at 12:47am — 1 Comment

February Is Different; I'm Asking You

This is going to be a weird month for me for two reasons. Right now my PC is at the repair shop, always a tense time. I wonder if it will recover from its ailments, if I will lose stuff I forgot to back up, and if the week they promised will turn plural. Using the laptop is okay, but it doesn't feel the same as going up to my office, sitting in the ergonomically correct position (well, I try), and getting down to business. The second half of the month we'll be traveling, doing a triangle tour o… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on February 2, 2009 at 10:06pm — No Comments

For the love of language (and politics), plus comments on a few of the latest books I've read

I find myself compelled to point out that Sarah Palin is suffering from "Aleutians of grandeur." ************************************************************************************************************** I just finished a few books sent to me by my brother, lent by friends, and some that I even purchased (that should make the authors here happy, though if they only knew how many books I have, they might forgive my current quasi-moratorium on buying more). These recently-read books include… Continue

Added by James K. Bashkin on November 13, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Guest Blogger - Author J.K. Coi

Hi everybody! Join us ONLINE at http://bittenbybooks.com on Wednesday October 15th at 8:00 am Pacific with author J.K. Coi for a fun filled day of guest blogging and a Q&A session! With Halloween just around the corner and a brand new book being released, paranormal romance author J.K. Coi is up to her neck in magic, demons and danger—and loving it. Join her at Bitten By Books on October 15th as she blogs about her love of Halloween and all things sca… Continue

Added by Bitten By Books on October 15, 2008 at 7:33am — No Comments

Freaky Friday - Paladian Power

Hi everybody! Get your freak on with Alexis Morgan and her Paladians! Join us ONLINE at http://bittenbybooks.com on Friday October 17th at 8:00 am Pacific with author Alexis Morgan for another fun filled Freaky Friday with her Paladians! Alexis Morgan's Paladins take their show on the road to visit Bitten by Books. She'll tag along to ride herd on the guys as they talk about their lives as Paladins and answer questions from the audience. Rumor has it tha… Continue

Added by Bitten By Books on October 15, 2008 at 7:32am — No Comments

The Perils of Blogging

There are, in my view, two big dangers in blogging. One is that your blog is not read: you waste time, writing long, carefully-thought-out messages to no one. The other is that your blog is read and you say something dumb or hurtful or, worst of all, libelous. Ah, yes, the joys of the dilemma. If you are read, that's good, right? People get to know your name, get to know your views, and remember you when they think of authors. But writing every day or week or whatever means you have to put your… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on June 17, 2008 at 11:03pm — No Comments